Cholecystopathia chronica calcarea (Porcelain gall bladder): A case report from Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and importance

Porcelain gall bladder is an uncommon end-stage modification of chronic cholecystitis, with an incidence ranging from 0.06 to 0.8% along with a plausibility of malignant transformation.

Case presentation

We present a 55-year-old female presenting with complaints of epigastric and right hypochondriac region pain who underwent prophylactic laparoscopic cholecystectomy after making a provisional diagnosis of calcified gall bladder on a computed tomography workup. On histopathological examination, she was later diagnosed with a porcelain gallbladder devoid of features suggestive of malignant transformation.

Clinical discussion

Porcelain gallbladder is a cholecystopathological condition in which the gallbladder wall gets calcified, either comple

SUBMITTER: Karki S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9793149 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature